diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c
index 8b82457c1682..876beceaf2d7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c
@@ -5905,11 +5905,19 @@ static int __devinit nv_probe(struct pci_dev *pci_dev, const struct pci_device_i
 		goto out_error;
 	}
 
+	netif_carrier_off(dev);
+
+	/* Some NICs freeze when TX pause is enabled while NIC is
+	 * down, and this stays across warm reboots. The sequence
+	 * below should be enough to recover from that state.
+	 */
+	nv_update_pause(dev, 0);
+	nv_start_tx(dev);
+	nv_stop_tx(dev);
+
 	if (id->driver_data & DEV_HAS_VLAN)
 		nv_vlan_mode(dev, dev->features);
 
-	netif_carrier_off(dev);
-
 	dev_info(&pci_dev->dev, "ifname %s, PHY OUI 0x%x @ %d, addr %pM\n",
 		 dev->name, np->phy_oui, np->phyaddr, dev->dev_addr);